Kayla’s Crossthe Canadian won in the previous qualifying round of the tournament ITF USA 07A to 6-3, 2-6 and 6-1 a Kennedy Shaffer, American tennis player. After this result, the winner manages to add new points to her ranking to participate in the tournament. ITF USA 07A.

Data collected on the match shows that the Canadian tennis player managed to break her opponent’s serve twice, reached 70% efficiency on the first serve, committed 4 double faults and took 63% of the points in the service. As for the American, she also managed to break her rival’s serve twice, achieved 63% efficiency, committed 6 double faults and managed to win 56% of the points on serve.

At the tournament ITF USA 07A A qualification phase is carried out beforehand where the lowest ranked tennis players compete to get their place in the official tournament against the rest of the rivals. To do this, they must get as many points as possible. Specifically, a total of 56 players are participating in this phase of the competition. Likewise, it runs from January 30 to February 5 on an indoor hard track.

A century-old sport

Tennis is unquestionably a classic sport. Each year, four tournaments (called “Grand Slams”) attract all the attention of the world: the season begins with the australian opencontinue with the dirt track of Roland Garrostravels to London with the celebration of Wimbledon and finally ends in the United States with the U.S. Open.

The rest of the year, players compete around the world completing seasons on different surfaces: hard or fast track, clay That is grass.

tennis was born in Europe at the end of the 18th century and since 1926 it is a professional sports after the creation of the first tour. It was particularly popular among the upper classes in English-speaking countries, but is currently a world sport. Divides into two categories: the male (ATP) and female (WTA) competition.

ATP

The ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) is the association of professional tennis players which brings together players from all over the world in the men’s category.

The ATP circuit organizes several tournaments throughout the year: ATP Masters 1000 (where the winner of the tournament will get 1000 points to add to the ATP rankings), ATP 500 and ATP 250. Below these tournaments, in a lower stage would be the ATP Challenger Tour, where the future stars of world tennis compete. Moreover, ATP tennis is also in charge of Grand Slam tournaments.

The fight to be the best in history continues in the men’s category. The Spaniard Raphael Nadalthem Serbian Novak Djokovic and the Swiss Roger Federer they compete to break all records and add the most Grand Slam tournaments. The three players are commonly referred to as ‘big three‘ in front of the new generations or ‘Next Gen’.

These promising tennis stars entered the world tennis circuit with a bang, as in the case of the Greek player Stefanos Tsitsipasfrom Italian Matteo Berretinigerman Alexander Zverev or the russians Medvedev Yes Rublev.

Novak Djokovic currently holds the record for weeks at number 1 in the ATP rankings, closely followed by Roger Federer, the legendary American player Pete Sampras, Iván Lendl and Jimmy Connors.

WTA

The WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) was founded in 1973 by the famous former tennis player billie jean king. The Californian has won 39 Grand Slam titles during her active phase and is a reference and an icon in the world of tennis.

Today, many female tennis players are also battling to stay at the top of the world tennis elite and surpass Stefanie Graff or Serena Williams. Players like the Polish Iga Świątek (Roland Garros champion in 2021), the Greek Maria Sakkari That is Paula Badosa (the first Spanish winner of Indian Wells) are fighting to stay in the famous top 10 of the WTA rankings.

In the year 2022, the Australian tennis player Asleigh Barty announced his permanent retirement from the world of tennis and ended an impressive career with several Grand Slam tournaments behind him. Now is the time for other players to take over and become number 1.